- Photograph by
- Marovich, Pete, American, born 1961
- Subject of
- Atkins, Ed, American
- Date
- 2004-2014
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2400 pixels × 3600 pixels
- File size: 24.74 MB
- Description
- A black and white digital image of Ed Atkins walking along oyster beds on Saint Helena Island in South Carolina. He is on the right side of the photograph walking with his left side facing the camera. He is wearing a baseball cap, a sweater, jeans, rubber boots and gloves. He is holding a plastic basket in his left hand. Piles of oyster shells are in the foreground.
- 24.74 MB
- Place captured
- Saint Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Shadows of the Gullah Geechee
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- American South
- Black Enterprise
- Communities
- Foodways
- Identity
- Labor
- Photography
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pete Marovich
- Object number
- 2017.49.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Pete Marovich
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




